Hi List, I received a very nice e-mail from the list owner. She asked that I please not put the Beekmantown Civil War Registrations on this list. She suggested that a better site would be the Clinton County genweb site. So, for now, I cannot post this information to this List. I can send or forward, this long list to you personally but that is all I can do for now. I do have one request. That no one gets upset and start in on either the list owner or start a flame contest. She is only doing her job as she see best for everyone. I don't want hurt feelings or words said that we cannot take back later and then unsubscribing from a very good list. You all have a nice day and I will continue to help when possible. Keep warm. <G> Sue in Sunny Fl. [email protected]

Hi, I'm beginning to believe that all of Clinton County inhabitants in the 1850's were related! I know, I think, why they all moved there, the Rebellion and economic conditions, but did they all do it at the same time? St-Mathias de Rouville must have become a ghost town all of a sudden, seems like most parishioners left in one big group. Thanks for the new information, love the kind that gives insights to their lives as opposed to just dates. Have a great weekend, Andree

Sue, Please, send me the list of Civil Soldiers. You are among the best! Bob [email protected]

Hi Listers, I am new to the Clinton County list and exicted to be hear. I am searching in the areas of Altona, Jay, Ausable Forks, Keene, Keeseville, Plattsburgh, Essex and Franklin counties. The names I am interested in are Duquette( any spelling), Lashways (any spelling), Millers (any spelling) and Barcombs. I saw that someone(Bettie) was looking for information on Pelke. I went to school with Pelkey's in Franklin County. I was wondering if you tried in that area. My family lived next to Peltier's which seems to be Pelkey as it was listed on the census records. Hope I didn't muddy the waters. :o) Pat -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 7:51 PM Subject: [NYCLINTO-L] Pelke - Jay, NY >I asked my Dad tonight about the name Pelke. He remembers a Shirley (male) >and Audrey (wife) Pelke in the early 40's living in Upper Jay (The Glen), New >York. My Dad says there were a lot of Pelke's at that time, but very few >seemed to be related. Bettie > >

Sue This list is for Clinton County---please do share any information that you may have--as long as your energy holds up. Your a gem!! Cyndi -----Original Message----- From: Susan Jones <[email protected]> To: [email protected]rootsweb.com <[email protected]> Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 6:13 PM Subject: [NYCLINTO-L] Civil War participants >Hi List, > >Before I clutter up the mailing list with items NOT WANTED, I have a list >of the men from BEEKMANTOWN who enlisted during the Civil War, their unit >and the date of the enlistment. It is a fairly LONG list so that is why I >am asking both those on the list and the list-owner before I put this up. >You may not be interested in this. I only want to put up what you are >interested in. > >Sue [email protected] > > __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Sue, I sure would be interested in seeing the Civil War enlistees put on here so I could see if any of my husband's or my ancestors were amongst the ones you have. I appreciate all the effort people go to to put things like that available for the rest of us. I live in Wa. State, so can't go to all these places people have helped me with. Donna

In a message dated 11/05/1999 8:53:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << asked my Dad tonight about the name Pelke. He remembers a Shirley (male) and Audrey (wife) Pelke in the early 40's living in Upper Jay (The Glen), New York. My Dad says there were a lot of Pelke's at that time, but very few seemed to be related. >> A comment, not about the Pelke family, but about being related. My mother was a Bigalow from Essex Co. Growing up, there were a number of Bigelows in the area, but she was told that she was related only to the family of her Great Uncle Frank--the others were not related. WRONG. They were all related, but a family disagreement in her grandfather's time led to a family separation--her grandfather changed the spelling of the name and apparently only maintained a relationship with one brother. Mary

Hi Bill, My Young group is elusive because they started out as Guyon in Quebec, then in Keeseville it is spelled Yon - then on to Young. Hard to find which is which. I'm looking for Louis Guyon and wife Julie Amiot and their daughter Elisabeth and maybe a sister Mathilde. It's like a needle in a haystack! Andree

Hi Andree, Looking for information on James (Frank) Fleming married Bridget (?). I know they were married in Quebec and may have had two children christened there. Any help you can provide would be appreciated. The year would have been early 1840. Thanks so much, Barb

Hello Sue, For one I'm interested, especially if there is a Weir among the ones sited. If not I'm still interested. Bob

Along the same line... (Keeseville!), I'm told that there are relatives of mine still in the Keeseville, Peru area... the ARTHURS. Anybody know them? Susan At 08:54 PM 11/05/1999 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Speaking of Keeseville. I also have relatives living there. The Craig's >and the Baker's. Small world! Bettie >

Hi, Sue! You are indefatigable! By all means, if you have the energy and inclination to share that list with us, please do!! Thanks. SL Willig At 06:14 PM 11/05/1999 -0500, Susan Jones wrote: >Hi List, > >Before I clutter up the mailing list with items NOT WANTED, I have a list >of the men from BEEKMANTOWN who enlisted during the Civil War, their unit >and the date of the enlistment. It is a fairly LONG list so that is why I >am asking both those on the list and the list-owner before I put this up. >You may not be interested in this. I only want to put up what you are >interested in. > >Sue [email protected] >

Hi Andree: I just checked out the archives for the Quebec mailing list ans saw your inquiry for you family they went from St-Mathias de Rouville to Keeseville I thought you would like to know that my Youngs also ended up at Keeseville in fact some are still there! Thanks again! Bill [email protected] wrote: > Hi Bill, > OK, hope these are the right ones - found Pierre Yonne/Dionne married > Victoire Monast-Jolicoeur on 1-13-1829 in Marieville, Quebec. > His parents: Basile Dionne/Yonne and Marguerite Beaudoin > Her parents: Charles Monast-Jolicoeur and Marguerite Regnier-Brillon > > His birth abt 1809 - died in NY - born in Marieville, Quebec > Her birth abt 1808 - died in NY - born in St-Mathias de Rouville, Quebec > > As for Henriette trying to figure what her "real" surname was!!!!!! If you > sound it out phonetically it could be Bireau, which there are quite a few of > in Montreal, but that seems too far from the above parish to be right. > > Could not find Pierre's birth either - but that could be just the spelling - > Yonne or Dion or Dionne. > > I don't have the books for those parishes but if you request lookups on > Quebec genweb for Marieville, St-Mathias de Rouville, and L'Ange Gardien in > Rouville I'm sure you'll get some prompt and solid information. > > It seems the parents would be right and it does state in the LDS site they > died in NY. > > Good luck, > Andree

Susan, This was really interesting to me. I believe this cold winter was the result of a huge eruption of a volcano in Indonesia which affected the climate worldwide for a couple of years. Cheryle Susan Jones wrote: > > Source: THE HISTORY OF CLINTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, NY 1880 > > Page: 157 > > Item: THE COLD SEASON OF 1816 >

Hi List, Before I clutter up the mailing list with items NOT WANTED, I have a list of the men from BEEKMANTOWN who enlisted during the Civil War, their unit and the date of the enlistment. It is a fairly LONG list so that is why I am asking both those on the list and the list-owner before I put this up. You may not be interested in this. I only want to put up what you are interested in. Sue [email protected]

<A HREF="http://www.genexchange.com/ny/clinton/index.cfm">Click here: Clinton NYGenExchange</A> This might be of some help to our group.... Bettie

Source: THE HISTORY OF CLINTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, NY 1880 Page: 157 Item: THE COLD SEASON OF 1816 "There was great distress throughout the county of Clinton during the winter of 1816-17. Mr. Peter SAILLY, in a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, under date of Jan. 24, 1817, says, "A large portion of the inhabitants are much distressed for want of bread, whilst the poorer and laboring class are absolutely destitute of means of obtaining it at the high price it sells for." The column of the REPUBLICAN bear evidence to the severity of the season. The summer was unusually cold and backward. On Thursday, the 6th day of June, the atmosphere at Plattsburgh was filled with particles of snow, and it was uncomfortable out of doors without a great-coat. In Vermont, the weather was still more severe. On Thursday "the snow fell rapidly, but melted as it fell. Much snow fell on Friday night, and on Saturday in the forenoon in many places. In Williston it was twenty, and in Cabot eighteen, inches deep. The ground at Montpelier was generally covered during the whole of yesterday (June 8th), and the mountains, as far as can be seen, are yet completely white." [Letter published in REPUBLICAN of July 13th, dated Waterbury, Vt, June 9th.] This cold weather was succeeded by an uncommon drought. No rain fell during the months of August and September. The earth became parched, and, in clay soils, opened in large cracks; swamps were dried up, wells and brooks failed to furnish water, and the rivers became so low that the mills could not grind sufficient to answer the wants of the inhabitants. Wheat was brought to the mills of Messrs. SMITH and PLATT, in this village, to be ground, by farmers residing as far north as Lacadie, in Canada. Fires also raged throughout the county, burning up large quantities of timber, and frequently destroying pastures and meadow lands. No rain of an consequence fell until after the 10th of October. "The atmosphere," say the REPUBLICAN of October 5th, "has been so filled with smoke, arising from the fires in every direction, that even in this village, for three or four days the first of the present week, it would be difficult in the morning to distinguish a man at the distance of fifty rods.""

Speaking of Keeseville. I also have relatives living there. The Craig's and the Baker's. Small world! Bettie

I asked my Dad tonight about the name Pelke. He remembers a Shirley (male) and Audrey (wife) Pelke in the early 40's living in Upper Jay (The Glen), New York. My Dad says there were a lot of Pelke's at that time, but very few seemed to be related. Bettie

Bettie, No Wilcox or Willcox, but I really appreciate your taking the time to look for the name. Thanks! Chuck Wilcox ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 6:16 PM Subject: [NYCLINTO-L] Fairview Cemetary - Ausable Forks, New York > I was up in Ausable Forks last weekend and searched for the names you asked me about: > > JONES, DOCKUM, PHILLIPS, WHITE, SANDERS, WOLFE, WILCOX, WILLCOX, BOWEN, > BOURN, BELL, WRANGHAM, ROBERTS AND HARRIS